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[–] BartsBigBugBag@lemmy.tf 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I would kill for the wage increases the average Chinese person has seen over the last decade.

[–] Bondrewd@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Then move to China :) You can become an average Chinese person tomorrow, see how that turns out for you.

[–] zephyreks@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 year ago

Average white guy in a Chinese city lives the life.

The real problem is in some of the poorer rural areas and low-tier cities.

[–] gary_host_laptop@lemmy.ml -1 points 1 year ago

You wish, it is not easy moving to China, otherwise I would have done it already. T.T

[–] iridaniotter@lemmygrad.ml -2 points 1 year ago

Immigrants to China can't become citizens FYI. Dumb argument.

[–] anewbeginning@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

You start from a smaller baseline increases are easier. The Chinese economy has very serious problems.

[–] BartsBigBugBag@lemmy.tf 2 points 1 year ago

The whole globe is in the throes of a global financial and economic crisis, guy.

[–] gary_host_laptop@lemmy.ml -2 points 1 year ago

Yeah, sure, they have so many homeless people and a decaying infrastructure ah right that is the US.